The All Whites have confirmed their second fixture of the October 2025 FIFA window, with a match against Poland (FIFA rank 37) in Chorzów, Poland, on Friday 10 October, kicking off at 7:45am NZT (Thursday 9 October, 8:45pm local time).

The match will be played at the 54,378-capacity Stadion Śląski, the second-largest stadium in the country.

The game could likely feature a showdown between Aotearoa New Zealand’s all-time men’s leading goalscorer, Chris Wood (44 international goals), and Poland’s all-time top scorer, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, who currently has 85 goals for his country.

The match will take place five days before the team faces fellow European side Norway (FIFA rank 33) at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, on Wednesday 15 October, kicking off at 5am NZT (Tuesday 14 October at 6pm local time).

The two October European games follow September’s home-and-away Soccer Ashes series against Australia’s Socceroos (FIFA rank 24), with the historic trophy contested over two legs: the first at Canberra’s GIO Stadium on Friday 5 September (KO 9:45pm NZT / 7:45pm local), followed by the homecoming match at Go Media Stadium in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland on Tuesday 9 September (KO 7:00pm NZT).

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The upcoming fixtures continue the team’s strategy of facing FIFA top-50 nations to prepare the side to perform at the FIFA World Cup next year in Canada, Mexico, and the USA.

All Whites head coach Darren Bazeley said:

“It is really good to lock in this match and confirm we will now face two big European sides in Poland and Norway this October.

“We want to make sure we are in the best place to perform come the tournament, so we’re continuing to test ourselves against the kinds of top-ranked sides we could face next year.

“We’ve shown moments against higher-ranked sides so far in this cycle, but the win over African champions Côte d’Ivoire in June really gives us confidence that we can get results at this level, which is what we’ll need to do to achieve our goal of getting out of the group at the FIFA World Cup.

“Poland are an experienced team with some major threats, so we’re looking forward to taking them on and showing what we can do against a strong European side.”

Article added: Thursday 14 August 2025